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Channel3000.com provides you with the latest news, weather, sports and more for Madison and South-Central Wisconsin, delivered directly to your mobile device.

Features:See the latest news stories and videoView current weather conditions, forecast and radar mapsTrack storms and view weather alerts and school closingsGet sports scores, entertainment news and local event info

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Jeff Allen

Everything is click bait now. Can't even read an entire headline without opening the article!? I dont like it when I'm trying to see if i even care to read the article but get... the headline could be 3 words but you can only show the first 2 and then "..."? That is crap! Clearly there is enough room to show the entire headline! Used daily pre update. Can't stand it anymore!

farming nation

What this app needs is a few more pop up ads........because theres nothing i love more than clicking on a story and having an ad pop up, then closing it, and just when i get almost a full sentence into it, another pops up! FRICKEN AWESOME!

Greg Gray

Ads no longer let you see the news. Real tiny x to close ads but too small to accurately press on a phone. Poor design.

bigjwinge

Pop up adds are back! I gave you a 2nd chance, thats all you get! 27 and 15 get my business now✌

Ed Cunningham

Why must you load your app with junk??? Then you tell people your working on it..this app is a junk..

Everything is click bait now. Can't even read an entire headline without opening the article!? I dont like it when I'm trying to see if i even care to read the article but get... the headline could be 3 words but you can only show the first 2 and then "..."? That is crap! Clearly there is enough room to show the entire headline! Used daily pre update. Can't stand it anymore!

Jeff, Thanks for the feedback. We're working on a fix to the headlines for a future version.

farming nation July 20, 2017

What this app needs is a few more pop up ads........because theres nothing i love more than clicking on a story and having an ad pop up, then closing it, and just when i get almost a full sentence into it, another pops up! FRICKEN AWESOME!

Hello and thank you for your honest review. Because we're always looking to make improvements for our users, if you could, would you be so kind as to share some more details on the matter? It would help us out greatly in our efforts to deliver an outstanding and seamless user experience in future. We appreciate the input: dev@embtv.com. Thanks!

December 22, 2016

Disappointing: an update This new version is clunky and frequently locks up. I used the previous version daily, but now may end up uninstalling the app. Update: I generally use/read this app on a tablet in a landscape position. I tried the new version app with my tablet turned in a portrait position, and it works much better. On my phone, I generally use portrait, but not on my tablet.

Thanks for providing that feedback. We'll send that to our developers as we haven't yet heard similar complaints.UPDATE: Thanks for the update. Good information for us.

Steven McGlynn January 10, 2017

Update was not ready The most recent update to both your website and this app were not ready. It has an unfriendly interface that is difficult to navigate. Losing school closings as a banner was a terrible idea. Most people use this app for that sole purpose. I'm all for change when the new thing is better, but this update was not ready and you released it anyway....No reason for that to happen.

Crappy update I watch the news online in the mornings. This morning, after the "update," I spent 15 minutes (which I don't have to spare in the mornings!) trying to find the "watch now" and "full site" links. If they were there, I didn't find them (they need to be EASY to find!!), so I switched to WKOW/Channel 27!

Laurie, we hope to bring this feature back soon. Keep checking in. We're sorry it was not ready when the app launched. It should return soon. When it's back, we will make sure you can find it :)

Philip Schwartz January 21, 2017

So, after so much confusion of wondering why after updating this App, which used to be the Main Weather App, changed completely with pop-up ads, constant closing tapping on sections and exiting out of pop-ups and the radar not having any options to view the clouds, warnings, etc... I decided to check the old Main News App which I uninstalled early last year and now this is the Main Weather App?! Was there a reason this and the other App needed to be switched for technical reasons? I had no problems with either one before, but my main focus was weather and could still choose to view the news when I needed to, so I didn't need the Main News App which was the only reason I had uninstalled it last year.

Hi Philip,
I'm trying to sort out your situation. The app you wrote this review for was never our weather app. You can find that here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wisc.android.weather&hl=en
The app you wrote a review for is still our main news app, but it was updated in mid-December. Please let me know if I can help you more.

Heidi Lueck February 2, 2017

I used this app every day until this new upgrade. I thought I would get used to the changes but I'm not and I'm uninstalling. I hate that you can't see the whole headline on the main page. I don't like the different catagories that were added. For example when I open up the entertainment section I see the same stories multiple times under different headings. Only need the story once.

(S5 & current OS). YAY -- A BIG IMPROVEMENT over previous versions BUT PLEASE FIX THE TRUNCATION OF MOST ALL HEADLINES ON THE MAIN PAGE! Thanks for coming up with a slick, BBC-style app interface that acts like a REAL, fully functional 2016 news site. Nice display, small pix,snd esp return to previous position after viewing a story. Kudos! A SUGGESTION -- the headlines truncate at two lines on phone screen and often lose meaning. Perhaps reduce font size a hair and try to compress (or add 3rd line)? Thx so much!

UPDATE: Great suggestions! We'll share that with our developers.
We have a fix coming out in the next few days that should address this. Thanks for alerting us!

Kathi Mohlman January 20, 2017

Update 1/20/17 reinstalled in the early fall but for the last month am noticing freezing and crashing issues again. It crashes almost every time I visit. Ongoing issue. Samsung tab S tablet. Follow up 2 months later still unstable and crashing. Uninstalling it to use another channels app

UPDATE: We launched a new app and some Android users didn't receive the update. If you uninstall and reinstall it should work.
We have a fix coming out in the next few days that should address this. Thanks for alerting us!

Jenn Richardson January 27, 2017

This new update is terrible. I used to rely on this app for all local news, but now the pop up ads appear on almost every page and block me from reading anything. I close them and they open again and most of the time I accidentally click them getting to navigate the page. Also, many of the news stories only list headlines. Why have a headline when a story doesn't follow? I'm going elsewhere for my news.

Hi Bill, could you tell us more about what you don't like about the update? We're in the process of planning new releases and would like to get your feedback.

A Google User February 1, 2017

Adore CH 3 .. Perhaps not needing to scroll down so much? Over & Over? You read an article then 'back out' boom you're right back at the very top. Repeat scroll down articles again .... Perhaps list option??

What Happened??? Hate to say this but my favorite news outlet will loose my support concerning this update. Frequently locks up and closes, can't upload photos because the upload icon doesn't respond and just this morning while trying yet again to submit a weather photo a pop up window saying I won something.....smh, officially the worst news app I've used.

Debbie, Thanks for taking the time to write. Our development team is working on this issue. In the meantime, you can also subscribe to email alerts on our website: http://www.channel3000.com/email-sign-up

Barbara Grate January 4, 2017

Channel 3000 Don't care for the new up date. I want back the old version

We are aware of this problem and have our developers working on it. In the meantime, you can find school closings at http://channel3000.com.

Chris Griffin June 9, 2016

Why do I have to scroll so much? I hate that every time I back out of a story I am reading I have to re-scroll to find the next story. It should not start back at the top headline. Annoying at a minimum, most of the time it causes me to just close app and look for news elsewhere. I used to love this app for local news, please fix!

Needs a couple tweaks. School closing notifications, thank you! I want to pay to disable ads, why is this not an option? App is good, ads are annoying. If I open an article and go back I have to scroll from the very top again. That is not user friendly and needs to be addressed.

Local ranch owners This app is perfect. Knowing weather is critical for the people who need to know when to plant or bring in the crop. Your forecasts are crucial to us. Keep up the awesome jobs you do.